In addition to high-quality business parks, WISPARK strives to enrich communities through its urban redevelopment projects. Located primarily in areas of Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha, WISPARK’s redevelopment projects help strengthen the economic and social fabric of these communities through quality design, environmental responsibility and business value. The following projects demonstrate the scope and quality of WISPARK’s initiatives:

Milwaukee, WisconsinMatthews Brothers Building — Renovated the building as a mixed-use property located on West Wisconsin Avenue and North 3rd Street in downtown Milwaukee. This west of the river historic building has been beautifully renovated into 31,000 square feet of high-end office space featuring cherry woodwork and large floor-to-ceiling windows. Located within the downtown skywalk system and several revitalization efforts, the Matthews Brothers Building is a unique opportunity for the discriminating user. Floor plan | Photo

Boston Store — Renovated Boston Store building in downtown Milwaukee to help retain Saks Regional Headquarters (now BonTon) and 650 office and 150 retail jobs. The store is the only downtown department store. The project also included 74 residential apartment lofts. Photo

Curry Pierce — Invested in rehabilitating a historic building for offices at the corner of Wisconsin and Milwaukee Avenues in downtown Milwaukee.

Eastpointe Commons — Provided financing and investment for development of a retail and residential apartment complex located on city-owned land once designated for a freeway in downtown Milwaukee.

211 West Wisconsin Avenue — Dramatic $10 million exterior and interior renovation repositioned as first floor as pedestrian-friendly retail space and upper floors as attractive office space in Milwaukee. Photo

Oak Creek — Assisting We Energies with a $20 million investment in the City of Oak Creek, Milwaukee County.

St. Francis — Assisted We Energies in redeveloping a former utility yard on 140 acres west of South Lake Drive along East Howard Avenue in the City of St. Francis in Milwaukee County. The property is the largest single undeveloped parcel of land remaining in St. Francis. The site borders the famed Seminary Woods, which is designated as a Primary Environmental Corridor, and contains several wetlands. Environmental remediation work maintained the city’s plan for the site to balance preservation of natural assets with high-quality residential and commercial development.

Historic King Place Apartments — Invested in rehabilitation of 41 units of housing and some retail facilities on the lower level of a property near Martin Luther King Drive and North Avenue in Milwaukee.

Johnson Square Apartments — Invested in a development at 24th and Wells in Milwaukee that converted boarded up buildings in a blighted neighborhood to 179 apartments.

Lake Bluff Apartments — Invested in a residential development on the last tracts of developable land on Prospect Avenue in Milwaukee. Photo

Library Hill — Developed apartments and retail on lower level at 8th and Wisconsin Avenues in downtown Milwaukee. Photo

Riverworks Partners — Sold former Chrysler plant on Capitol Drive and Richard Street in Milwaukee as industrial land through a Joint Venture with Northeast Milwaukee Redevelopment Corporation.

Sampson Project — Acquired Land on 2nd and Wells in downtown Milwaukee to be held and used for future development.

Thompson Meadows — Developed a 100-unit senior housing project in the City of St. Francis in Milwaukee County on land previously used for a school.

Woolworth Building — Provided a loan to Milwaukee Redevelopment Corporation for property located at the Wisconsin Avenue entrance to the Grand Avenue Mall.

Kenosha and Racine County, WisconsinGaslight Pointe — Formed a joint public and private partnership with the City of Racine to purchase contaminated land and clean it for Racine’s lakefront redevelopment. Redevelopment included creation of a Tax Increment Financing District to fund infrastructure, parking ramp and other public improvements. Project developments included 15 town homes, 52 condominiums, more than 100 boat slips, hotel and restaurant, and One Main Centre office building. 92 Boat Slip Sale

One Main Centre — Developed a 41,544-square-foot, three-story, Class A office building located on the shore of Lake Michigan in Racine as part of the lakefront development project that revitalized the Racine community. Renovation included Gaslight Pointe. Photo

Glenwood Crossings — Along with the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, financed a retail strip mall in Kenosha.

Lincoln School Apartments — Served as asset manager of this historic rehab of an old school building converted for senior housing in Kenosha until the investment interest was sold.